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Mike M--My Problem with Nuisance Temp Files



 
 
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Old September 4th 06, 09:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
caroloyl
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Default Mike M--My Problem with Nuisance Temp Files

Hi Mike

Just a belated follow-up.

I installed the new modem without a hitch--even though it took me another
few days to get motivated to do it--and my slow and stalling downloading
problems are history :-)) But the fff files are still getting dropped into
the Windows folder. Because I'm now convinced the PowerPoint Viewer (which
remains "uninstalled") has permanently changed something, I might try
uninstalling Word 97 and Works to see if I can clear out all Microsoft
Office settings--but it would probably be easier and just as effective to
bite the bullet and resign myself to deleting those useless rascals manually
for the rest of my life (or at least until a reformat '-)

So sorry to have bothered you with this nonsense . . . but I'm really happy
to have finally gotten that new modem installed :-))

I need to ask another question, not especially Me related--but I'm sure the
answer is somewhere in this group :-))) Will start a new thread.

Thanks Mike for all your time and trouble.

carol



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Carol,

None of the problems you mention you saw when you installed IE6 on your
Win Me box are a feature of IE6 and suggest that your install failed or
was incomplete in some way. I'm not sure what you changed to get the
Active-X warnings pop up - something I rarely recall having seen, I
primarily use SpywareBlaster to block access to unwanted sites.

It's interesting that you say the fff tmp files are not created if you
open IE immediately following booting your system and before connecting to
the net and that they only appear if you open IE when already connected to
the net. Sadly though I'm none the wiser as to what is happening here but
will see if I can find out anything from someone who knows more about the
workings of IE than I do.
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

Mike,

I'm still using IE 5.5.4807.2300. I tried the Me version of 6 but
really didn't like the strange things it did--especially, it made
"bouncy whirly" scrollbars in Windows Explorer, and caused
highlighted-text in an email to open a new message (with the
highlighted text pasted in) when scrolled! When I needed a new hard
drive last year and had to reinstall Me, I was very pleased to have
5.5 back '-)

I have a new modem still in the box--got it several weeks ago
thinking the complete breakdown of the old couldn't be that far off.
Guess I need to get it into the computer now and see what happens.
Though I do it, I'm not really keen on taking this thing apart :-b

I don't remember whether or not I played around with IE's Advanced
settings. For a while I was having big warning boxes pop up over
some web pages saying the page would not display correctly because of
my ActiveX settings. The only things missing would always be ads, so
I concluded SpywareBlaster had changed some security setting since
it had been warning me IE's ActiveX settings weren't safe. That's
not happening anymore, and as far as I remember I haven't altered
anything, so I don't know what's different--maybe the SpywareBlaster
program itself was updated?

I did an Add/Remove repair on IE tonight thinking it couldn't hurt,
and reset the security options to default (Internet/Medium). I also
discovered this new twist: if I open IE first thing after a fresh
boot--without being or having been connected to the internet, no fff
files appear in the Windows folder. I opened and closed IE three
times this way and no tmp files ever appeared. When I closed IE,
dialed-up and reopened it, then checked the Windows folder again,
there they were--two fresh fff's.



















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Old September 4th 06, 10:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Default Mike M--My Problem with Nuisance Temp Files

Carol,

Your post was never an annoyance. Like yourself I am still mystified as
to the source of these files since you don't have the Microsoft Debug
Manager (mdm.exe) installed or running nor do you have Internet Explorer
configured to debug errors. As you say the problem seems to be linked
with having installed the PowerPoint viewer and it would appear that
installing this is what might have triggered their generation even though
you have subsequently uninstalled this viewer.

The best of luck with your system and please post back if you ever find
the answer to the fff*.tmp file problem.

Now to see if I can find your next post.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



caroloyl wrote:

Hi Mike

Just a belated follow-up.

I installed the new modem without a hitch--even though it took me
another few days to get motivated to do it--and my slow and stalling
downloading problems are history :-)) But the fff files are still
getting dropped into the Windows folder. Because I'm now convinced
the PowerPoint Viewer (which remains "uninstalled") has permanently
changed something, I might try uninstalling Word 97 and Works to see
if I can clear out all Microsoft Office settings--but it would
probably be easier and just as effective to bite the bullet and
resign myself to deleting those useless rascals manually for the rest
of my life (or at least until a reformat '-)

So sorry to have bothered you with this nonsense . . . but I'm really
happy to have finally gotten that new modem installed :-))

I need to ask another question, not especially Me related--but I'm
sure the answer is somewhere in this group :-))) Will start a new
thread.

Thanks Mike for all your time and trouble.


 




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